Fundamentals of Multimedia
2nd Edition
Published on 23. April 2014
Book
Hardback
XXIV, 727 pages
978-3-319-05289-2 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook introduces the "Fundamentals of Multimedia", addressing real issues commonly faced in the workplace. The essential concepts are explained in a practical way to enable students to apply their existing skills to address problems in multimedia. Fully revised and updated, this new edition now includes coverage of such topics as 3D TV, social networks, high-efficiency video compression and conferencing, wireless and mobile networks, and their attendant technologies.
Features: presents an overview of the key concepts in multimedia, including color science; reviews lossless and lossy compression methods for image, video and audio data; examines the demands placed by multimedia communications on wired and wireless networks; discusses the impact of social media and cloud computing on information sharing and on multimedia content search and retrieval; includes study exercises at the end of each chapter; provides supplementary resources for both students and instructors at an associated website.
Features: presents an overview of the key concepts in multimedia, including color science; reviews lossless and lossy compression methods for image, video and audio data; examines the demands placed by multimedia communications on wired and wireless networks; discusses the impact of social media and cloud computing on information sharing and on multimedia content search and retrieval; includes study exercises at the end of each chapter; provides supplementary resources for both students and instructors at an associated website.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd ed. 2014
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Upper undergraduate
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
97
76 s/w Tabellen, 253 s/w Abbildungen, 97 farbige Abbildungen
76 Tables, black and white; 97 Illustrations, color; 253 Illustrations, black and white; XXIV, 727 p. 350 illus., 97 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
13772 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-319-05289-2 (9783319052892)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-05290-8
Schweitzer Classification
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Ze-Nian Li | Mark S. Drew | Jiangchuan Liu
Fundamentals of Multimedia
Book
02/2021
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Fundamentals of Multimedia
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09/2016
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Fundamentals of Multimedia
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Persons
Dr.Li ,Ze-Nian Li and Dr. Drew,Mark S. are Professors, in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. Dr. Liu,Jiangchuan is an Associate Professor at the same affiliation.
Content
Part I: Introduction and Multimedia Data Representations.- Introduction to Multimedia.- A Taste of Multimedia.- Graphics and Image Data Representations.- Color in Image and Video.- Fundamental Concepts in Video.- Basics of Digital Audio.- Part II: Multimedia Data Compression.- Lossless Compression Algorithms.- Lossy Compression Algorithms.- Image Compression Standards.- Basic Video Compression Techniques.- MPEG Video Coding: MPEG-1, 2, 4 and 7.- New Video Coding Standards: H.264 and H.265.- Basic Audio Compression Techniques.- MPEG Audio Compression.- Part III: Multimedia Communications and Networking.- Network Services and Protocols for Multimedia Communications.- Internet Multimedia Content Distribution.- Multimedia over Wireless and Mobile Networks.- Part IV: Multimedia Information Sharing and Retrieval.- Social Media Sharing.- Cloud Computing for Multimedia Services.- Content-Based Retrieval in Digital Libraries.